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Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

NCT03187704 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 23

Last updated 2017-06-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The study is a blinded cross over test of in-home air filtration. Participants will have a window unit air filter (HEPA) installed that will filter for 3 weeks and do sham filtration for another 3 weeks. During the time that the filter is installed in the home a machine that measures particulate air pollution of the type that the filter is designed to remove will be installed. A survey will be administered, blood samples taken and blood pressure measured immediately prior to starting the filter, at 3 weeks when the filtration is changed from sham to real filtration or visa versa and at the end of the second three week period. All participants will be recruited from the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study cohort.

Conditions

  • Air Pollution
  • Cardiovascular Health

Interventions

OTHER

HEPA air filtration

Air filters were placed in participant homes

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tufts University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Doug Brugge, PhD · Tufts University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
45 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-05-01
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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